Iron stand



NOV. 19, 1929. FULLER 1,736,650

IRON STAND Filed March 11, 1929 Enventor.

4 glzce/lifidler Patented Nov. 19, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE men n roman, or msas cm, mrssoum IRON swam) Application filed March 11, 1829. Serial No. 348,248.

This invention relates to iron stands, of

that class for securement upon an'ironing board, to form a rest for the iron when not I in use, and more especially to that type upon which the iron can be slid and therefore relieve, the operator of the labor involved in a stand, and my primary object is to fplroduce a device of this character which will notion efliciently and dependably, can be easily and quickly applied to or removed from the board, and is of very simple, durable and cheap construction. With this general object in view the invention consists in certain novel and useful features of construction and combination of parts'as'hereinafter described and claimed; and'in order that it may be-fully understood, reference'isto be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of an ironing board equipped with an iron stand embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged central vertical sec tion of the iron stand, a fragment of the board being indicated in side elevation.

Figure 3 is a rear view of the iron stand. 7

- Figure 4 is an inverted fragmentary plan view of the iron stand. In the said drawing, lindicates a thin plate of aluminum or equivalent metal of rectangular form, and provided with an upstanding back wall 2 and upstanding side walls 3, said walls being made of double thickness by bending the metal, so as toprovide the requisite strength and avoid the provision of raw upper edges upon which an operators hand might be scratched-0r cut.,

This stand is adapted to fit flatly upon an ironing board B, and t9 facilitate the slidin of an iron from the board onto the stand, the bottom or plate portion 1 of the latter, has at its front end a narrow downwardly sloping portion 4, so that when the stand is secured in place upon the board, the front edge of the bottom 1 slightly embeds itself in the board, it being or" course understood that theponventional board is provided at its upper slde with padding and has a cover, so that the embedment mentioned can occur. It is also pref- 'and, be injured, lifting the iron frequently from the board to f erable that the side walls 3 shall taper downwardly from the top of the back wall to the front edge of the bottom, so as to offer no abrupt ends against which the o eratbrs hand, or articles being .ironed, mig t catch '55 especially articles as shifted rom one position to another on the board. To avoid the provision of a raw edge at the front margin of the bottom of the stand, and also to provide a means for holdin a fas- 60 tening device to the stand, the plate or ottom is doubled back to form an underlyin transversely extending flange 5, and said angeis preferably crimped or creased to downwardly oflset its rear portion so'as to provide between as said oflset portion and the overlying portion of the bottom, a space or transverse passage 6. The downwardly extending doubled portions of the side walls "are also formed with inwardly-projecting flanges 7, which flanges preferablybear a mitered relation at 8, to the adjacent ends of the flange 5.

' Fitting against the bottom of the stand and supported qnthe underlying side flanges 7, is a sheet 9 of asbestos or any other suitable material which acts as a heat insulator and is non-combustible, and it is desirable also that it shall have the capacity of trictionally gripping an object on which it rests, such for example as the cover of the ironing board. 30 The front end of the sheet preferably overlies the flange 5, which therefore cooperates with flanges 7 in holding the asbestos sheet in place. In practice this sheet is or such thickness and compressibility that itslower 5 surface within the border defined between flanges 5 and 7, willlie in the same horizontal plane as or slightly below that of the said flanges so that it may actually engage and g grip the cover of the board on which it rests and thus ofi'er frictional resistance to ready slippage of the; stand on the board.

0 positively secure the stand in place however, I have provided a tape 10,,which can be fitted edgewise laterally over the depressed or ofl'set portion of the flange 5, and is of such length as to project beyond the ends otsaid flange and underlie the adjacent ends .qf flanges 7, and be extended down around the side edges of the board and be tied together as at 11 or otherwise, at the under side of the board.

With the tape thus arranged it is clear that its engagement with the stand near the front edge of the latter and its tight securement around the board, results in clampmg the front end of the stand down upon the board with suflicient force to slightly embed said edge in the cover of the board, and thus en-i able one to slide an iron sidewise or otherwise onto the iron stand without any lifting action whatever, and should the iron be shoved on the iron stand so as to strike or impact forcefully on the back wall, or either side wall, the iron stand cannot move, at least appreciably, because it will tend to pull the upper portion of the tape toward the rear end of the board and thus bind the side portions thereof more tightly against the side edges of the board. Should an operator be called to the telephone or to the door, the iron will be slid onto the stand,

recaution, can be disposed to rest on the bottom and a wall to provide an air space under the iron. However, without setting the iron to provide the air space, there will be no danger of fire developing because of the non-combustible and heat insulating character of the asbestos. It will be preferable, of course, that the tape or fastening device shall be of'non-combustible and heatinsulating material, but this is not essential, especially if the asbestos sheet is extended sufficiently near the front end of the plate to protect the tape.

To make the drawing more readily read able, the asbestos uard in Figure 2, is shown wholly above the anges 5 and 7, as a correct showing in said figure,-especiall when the Wei ht of an iron is imposed on t e stand, won (1 indicate the asbestos as bulged downward to partly or wholly hide the flanges 7 from view. Figure 3, however, shows how the asbestos guard bulges downward between flanges 7 under the weight of an iron, so that frictional contact shall occur between the flanges, with the board and offer resistance to lateral as well as longitudinal slippage on the board, this frictional engagement functionin especially to guard against disconnection 0 the stand from the tape when the operator slides the iron forwardly off the stand, as under such conditions the tape holds the stand in lace only through 'clampin action. It will be noted thatsufliqient tifl of the board to permit a skirt' orshirt to be fitted around it, will not disggce an iron the stand because of ,thewa thereof.

From the above descriptiom' it will poaent that I have produced an iron stand 'em-. 7

g the features of advantage as esirable in the statementof t e the invention, and which maybe modified in minor-particulars without-dc arting from the principle of construction an mode of operaset forth and as an additional safety tion involved or the spirit appended claims.

I claim:

1. A stand for use on an ironing board, said stand havin back and side walls and the front edge 0 the bottom lying in substantially the same horizontal plane as the top .of the board and having an underlying rearwardlyfacing flange providing a transverse rearwardly-opening passage extending across the stand, a sheet of heat-insulating non-combustible material fitting against the bottom of the stand and at its front projecting into said passage, and a flexible fastener extending through said passa e transversely of the stand and board an around the edges and under side of the latter, the ends of thefastener being tied together to clamp the front end of the stand down upon the board.

2. A stand for use on an ironing board, said stand comprising a sheet metal bottom having upwardly-projecting back and side walls and side flanges projecting from the side walls inwardly under the bottom; the front end of the bottom being doubled back to underlie the bottom and provide a transverse rearwardly-openin passage extending across and scope of the the bottom at the ront end thereof, a sheet of heat-insulating non-combustible material underlying the bottom and fitting at its side edges upon the said underlying side flanges and at its front end projecting into the said passage, and a tape extending transversely through said passage and adapted to be tied around and under the board to clamp the front end of the stand firmly down upon the top of the board.

3. A stand for use on an ironing board, said stand having back and side walls and the front edge of the bottom lying in substantially the same horizontal plane as the top of theboard and having an underlying rearwardlyfacing flange providing a transverse rearwardly-opening assage extending across the stand, a sheet of eat-insulating non-combustlble material fitting against the bottom of the stand and at its front projecting into said passage, and a flexible fastener extending through said passage transversely of the stand and board and around the ed and under side of the latter, and clamping the stand tightly down upon the board.

In testimonywhereof I aflix my ature. ALICEILF 'R..

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